Matt Sheppard shines at Utica-Rome Speedway
Matt Sheppard won the 30 lap Regular Event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on Friday. This was Matt's twenty-sixth win of the season, eleventh at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and eleventh Weekly win of the season. For the 42 year old Sheppard it was their eighty-second win putting him first on the Utica-Rome Speedway win list since 1996. Finishing 4.1200 seconds behind in second was Pat Ward. This was Pat's eighth Top 5 of the season, sixth at Utica-Rome Speedway this year, and seventh Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Alex Yankowski, their thirty-fifth top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Brandon Loucks, their third top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Michael Maresca, their nineteenth top 5 of the year. Brandon Walters, Rocky Warner, Justin Wright, Bobby Hackel IV, and Mike Trautschold rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and Streaks
Utica-Rome Speedway top 5's since 1996: Alex Yankowski - 25 Utica-Rome Speedway top 10's since 1996: Matt Sheppard - 200 Weekly top 10's since 1996: Brandon Loucks - 25 Consecutive wins all events: Matt Sheppard - 2 Consecutive top 5's all events: Matt Sheppard - 14 Consecutive top 10's all events: Matt Sheppard - 14 Consecutive wins at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 3 Consecutive top 5's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 9 Consecutive top 10's at Utica-Rome Speedway: Matt Sheppard - 23 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Matt Sheppard - 7